News
Despite China’s car sales falling for nine months, BMW continues to bet on the Chinese market and its fast growing middle class. At a roundtable with journalists from around the world, Pieter Nota, Board of…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 18, 2019
BMW X2
The Chinese city of Shenyang is home to the BMW Group’s biggest production base outside Germany, with two existing manufacturing plants and an engine plant. Construction work is underway at Plant Tiexi which will double…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 16, 2019
Interesting
At the Consumer Electronics Show 2019 (CES) in Las Vegas, BMW and Chinese tech mammoth Alibaba unveiled a fully and seamlessly integrated intelligent voice assistant for BMW vehicles in China. The voice assistant will be available in-car…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 7, 2019
BMW X3
BMW could move more of its crossover production to China since the tariffs between the United States and China are expected to dent the BMW’s 2018 earnings by 300 million euro, Chief Financial Officer Nicolas Peter…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 8, 2018
3 Series
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by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: September 18, 2018
BMW i
The electric car market is rapidly expanding worldwide, with many automakers preparing an electric offensive in the next few years. BMW is one of the automakers with an aggressive plan to electrify most of their…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 29, 2018
BMW X5
Today, BMW said it will raise the prices of the X5 and X6 models made for China to cope with the additional cost of tariffs on U.S. car import. BMW said in a statement to Reuters…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 30, 2018
BMW X3
In the presence of China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, BMW and its partner Brilliance Automotive signed a long-term framework agreement to further expand their joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA)….
Horatiu Boeriu / July 9, 2018
News
The proposed Chinese 25 percent tariff on imported U.S.-made models could force the German automaker to raise prices on its SUVs built in Spartanburg, South Carolina. BMW said in a statement it is “currently calculating related…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 6, 2018
News
China will cut import tariffs for automobiles and car parts, opening up greater access to the world’s largest auto market. Import tariffs will be cut to 15 percent from 25 percent for most vehicles from…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 22, 2018
News
After being announced a few months ago, BMW finally took the metaphorical veils off its latest, brand new research and development center in Beijing. This new 17,000 sq. meters facility will be used by researchers…
Gabriel Nica / May 17, 2018